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A continuing program of events consisting of lessons, meditations, exercises

and discussions on health and wellness. Each event is designed to be

meaningful, and useful in its own right, but experienced together, they form a

whole that is greater than the sum of their parts.

A Manual for the Dual MindA Manual for the Dual Mind

The Discovery of DualityThe Discovery of DualityRobert Ornstein writes: “Diocles of Carystus, in the fourth century

B.C., understood that the functions of the two sides of the braindiffered, and in the way that most modern scientists see it. Hewrote, “There are two brains in the head, one which givesunderstanding, and another which provides sense perception.That is to say, the one which is lying on the right side is the onethat perceives; with the left one, however, we understand.” ”

“Diocles’ insight was misplaced by more popular but erroneousconcepts of human intelligence for the next 2200 years. Dualitydoesn’t get mentioned again until the 18th century. When in1780, Meinard Simon Du Pui will write that man is HomoDuplex, possessing a double brain.

Marc Marc DaxDax

Ornstein continues: “Then 25 years later the French physician MarcDax will have great opportunity to study the human brain as amilitary surgeon treating soldiers from the Napoleonic Warssuffering with head injuries and cerebral damage. In 1836, theyear before his death, he wrote a paper that for the first timelinked speech directly to the left hemisphere.

“Unfortunately, his paper was published locally and not seenoutside of France.”

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“A few years later a London physician Arthur Ladbroke Wiganwould gain a sudden understanding of duality. While viewing anautopsy of one of his patients, he was thunderstruck when theskull was cut open to reveal that one of the patient’ cerebralhemispheres “was entirely gone,” even though he had earlierspoken with the man and, as he wrote, the patient “hadconversed rationally and even written verses within a few daysof his death.”

“Wigan concluded that if one cerebral hemisphere was capable ofsupporting a fully functioning mind and personality, it followedthat normal humans with two intact cerebral hemispheres musthave two minds.”

JacksonJackson

Ornstein continues: “In 1864, Hughlings Jackson also raised thepoint that the right hemisphere may act as Diocles stated, for"perception." And he corroborated it in 1872, when he describeda man with a left hemianopsia (a blindness in the left side of theseen world, due to right-hemisphere damage) who could notrecognize people, including his wife, places, or things.”

Jackson continued to study and write on the duality of humanintelligence publishing seminal papers in 1874 and 1876. BothWigan and Jackson grasped the notion that human intelligencewas the resultant “whole” that emerged from the workingtogether of both hemispheres. Many of their contemporariesmisunderstood the synergic relationship of this duality and soonthe idea of an advanced mind coexisting with a very primitivemind became popular.

Jekyll and HydeJekyll and Hyde

Ornstein continues: “The most famous portrayal was Robert LouisStevenson’s development of this scenario into his 1886 TheStrange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. This work makes use ofthe left hand-right hand duality, the doctor as the portrait of thecultivated left hemisphere and Hyde as the “primitive” righthemisphere that must be restrained.

“I suppose if Dickens had written “A Tale of Two Hemispheres,”he might have begun it with “It was the best of minds, it was theworst of minds.”

Roger SperryRoger Sperry

In the late 1950s, scientist Dr. Roger Sperry designed a series ofelegant experiments that would clear the way for a fullerunderstanding of duality. Normally, both cerebral hemispheresof the mammalian brain are linked through the cerebralcommissure or corpus callosum, which is built up of hundreds ofmillions of nerve fibers. When Sperry began his experimentalstudies on animals, the functional significance of theseconnections between the two cerebral hemispheres was entirelyunknown.

Sperry began conducting research on cats by severing or cutting thecorpus callosum. The corpus callosum is a bridge ofneurological tissue that connects the the right and left cerebralhemispheres of the mammalian brain.

It is now known that the rightand left cerebral hemispherescoordinate and cooperate bycommunicating across thisneurological bridge.

When the corpus callosum is cut and the mammalian brain isdivided by this surgical procedure it is described as a “split-brain”.These so called "split brain" experiments were performed by Sperryand his associate Ronald Meyers in a laboratory at the CaliforniaInstitute of Technology.

Phillip J. VogelPhillip J. Vogel

In 1961, coincidentally not far from Sperry’s laboratory at CalTech,Los Angeles Neurosurgeon Phillip J. Vogel was creating a newprocedure to transect the bridge between the right and leftcerebral hemispheres of human patients as a treatment for severeepilepsy. This rather drastic treatment was reserved for thosepatients whose seizures could not be controlled with medication.Seizures are the result of abnormal electrical dischargethroughout the brain. By cutting the connection between theright and left brain the abnormal electrical activity could becontained within one hemisphere and the seizure limited to oneside of the body. Vogel called his new surgical procedure acallosotomy, the transection of the corpus callosum. Themajority of his patients showed improvement as well as adecrease in the frequency of epileptic seizures.

Joseph Joseph BogenBogen

When Joseph Bogen, a Neurosurgeon and colleague of Vogel’sbecame aware of Sperry’s research he recognized that Vogel’stechnique was remarkably similar to the surgery that Sperry andMeyers had performed on their “split-brain” cats and monkeys.

Bogen realized that a unique opportunity for studying human brainorganization was at hand. He envisoned the careful study ofthose human patients who were having the bridge between theirright and left cerebral hemispheres transected as a treatment forsevere epilepsy. Bogen realized that the careful follow upexperiments that Sperry had designed to study the effects of thesurgery could be modified for use with human patients. Bogenapproached Sperry and an alliance was formed.

Split Brain ExperimentsSplit Brain Experiments

Bogen’s work has shown us that the processing of informationwithin the two hemispheres of humans is distinctly different.Sperry and his associates concluded that not only could eachside of the brain work independently, each side seemed to use adifferent mode of thinking.

Studies with these “split-brain” patients as well as studies of theelectrical activity from each side of the brain in normal subjectsindicate that the left side is dominantly involved in speech, theuse of symbols, analysis and logic, and keeping track of time,while the right brain is dominantly involved in visual, spatial,and musical activities, and the insight and synthesis that go onthrough imagination and daydreaming. The right brain alsoseems to have an important role to play in the translation ofideas into physical action.

Space-Time IntelligenceSpace-Time Intelligence

“Space and Time are modes by which we think, not realities bywhich we live.” —Albert Einstein

Human intelligence results from the complex relationship of twominds—the Space-mind and the Time-mind. Understandingtheir relationship will take some careful thinking. Theysometimes function as separate units. They sometimes functionin conflict. They sometimes function in co-Operation. Allhumans have both a Space-mind and a Time-mind, but oftenthey are developed to different degrees. As I describe andcompare these two diffent ways of thinking. You can think alongwith me. Every reader has his/her own Dual-Mind. So pause andthink about how you think, and understanding will emergeeasily.

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A good way to begin understanding these two very different waysof thinking is to compare them. Although comparison impliesseparation, these two minds are rarely separate. This separationis to aid understanding, remember there is always more to thestory.

Our time-mind likes to separate things into parts. This separationoften aids understanding, but somethings can never reallyseparated. The Dual Mind is one of these.

I will list the characteristics of the Space-Mind in the left column,and those of the Time-Mind in the right column.

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The space-mind is responsible for survival in space. The space-mind also moves your body in space. The space-mind dances.The space-mind walks. The space-mind jumps. If you are a birdthe space-mind flies. The space-mind crawls. The space-mindleaps through the trees. The space-mind controls motion andbehavior in space.

Moving well and quickly is often necessary for survival.

SurvivalMobility

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The time-mind is in charge of understanding. It can understandbecause it is aware of time. It is aware of changes that occurover time. Through it’s awareness of time it has developed theability to analyze reality. By noticing the changes that occurover time, it has the ability to figure things out. It can noticewhat comes before what. It can determine what events causewhat effects. It can notice what events precede other events inwhat sequences. With understanding comes the ability to predictand control sequential process. If I understand how to make afire, I can stay warm and cook my food.

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UnderstandingPredict & Control

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The space-mind is focused on “BEING”. “To be or not to be” is aquestion of survival and the space-mind is in charge of survival.“BEING”—How do I feel? “BEING”—Am I surviving well?The space-mind focuses on the PROCESS of life. How am Ibeing treated? How does reality feel to me?

SurvivalMobilityBEINGProcessFeelings

UnderstandingPredict & Control

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The time-mind is focused on “BECOMING”. Am I making progress?Am I getting ahead? Am I getting the things done I need to do? Didmy kids do well today in school? Am I saving any money? Thetime-mind is interested in time—past, present, and future. It isconcerned to see things progress in time. The time-mind focuses onthe CONTENT of life. What are my accomplishments? What haveI achieved? Am I becoming successful? What is my opinion of myreality?

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BECOMINGCONTENTOpinions

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Space-mind thinks in pictures. Space-thinking appears to be locatedmostly in the right cerebral hemisphere. The space-mind appears tooperate as an SPACE ASSOCIATIVE PERCEIVER, thinking inpictures—multi-sensorial images—and feelings. Its primary goal isto insure personal survival in Universe. This mind is very similarto higher animal intelligence. Space-mind perceives Universe.What is the whole picture? Survival requires speed. Do I fight orflight? Its focus is wholistic.

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Time-mind thinks in words. Time-thinking is located primarily in theleft cerebral hemisphere. The time-mind appears to operate as aTIME ANALYTICAL CONCEIVER, thinking in word-symbolsand organizing these words into opinions. Its primary goal is tounderstand Universe so it can predict and then control Universe.This is the mind that is unique to human intelligence. Time-mindconceives Universe. In order to understand it breaks things downinto parts. Its focus is particulate.

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The space-mind lives in the =now= moment. All action occurs in thepresent. There is no past or future. In the space-mind, I was bornthis morning, married at noon, retired in the evening, and I amgoing to die at midnight. Space-mind experience is simply onelong continuous now. The present moment focus of the space-mind means that when it comes to your feelings, all emotionalinjuries and insults even those from early childhood are processedas if they just occurred this morning. If you are very angry withsomeone, it can be twenty-five years later and you still feel veryangry. Reality is experienced as just one big =NOW=.

=NOW=

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The time-mind lives in the past—> present—> future. It understandsthe passage of time. Why? Think about words. Words are asequence of letters—w»o»r»d»s. Words have a beginning, amiddle, and an end. Think about sentences. Imagine looking at meas I turned my head sideways and a spoke a sentence. If you couldsee the spoken words as they left my mouth, you would see asequence of words. —> The» quick» brown» fox» jumped» over»the» lazy» dog —> Sequence —> 1»2»3»4»5 —> Sequence —>A» B» C» D» E» F —> sequence. Past—> Present—> Future .

=NOW= Past-> Present-> Future

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Opinionswords

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ParticulatePast->Present->Future

SequenceSequence

The time-mind’s sensitivity to sequence allows it to analyzeprocess. First A then B then C then D» Etc.»Etc.. Sequence is anordered linear chain. This leads to the concept of causality. Anevent that consistently occurs before a following event isthought to cause the following event. First something causes aneffect then that effect becomes the cause of yet another effectand so on. Thus, the time-mind comes to understand processthrough its temporal analysis of sequence and linear order.

Cause1»Effect1

Cause2»Effect2

Cause3»Effect3

Cause4»Effect4

… Causen»Effectn

Cause and EffectCause and Effect

This ability to sequence is the secret of the time-mind’s ability tounderstand.

Time-mind has the ability to analyze sequence and determine causeand effect relationships and come to understand. This leads tothe ability to make predictions.

When I see Cause1, I can predict Effect1, when I see Causen, I canpredict Effectn

Intuition & ReasonIntuition & Reason

The Space-mind is the home of intuition. Intuition is seeing thepattern of the parts and synthesizing the whole. I sniff the scentof the tiger. I imagine the whole tiger. I run. Intuition is apowerful tool for survival.

The Time-mind is the home of reason. Reason is seeing the patternof the whole and breaking that pattern into parts, then byanalyzing and sequencing the parts it can first understand andthen predict and control.

Rationality and MoralityRationality and Morality

Space-mind does not comprehend rationality or morality. These areunderstandings only available to the time-mind. Rationality andMorality are the result of consequence. This is the source ofmany problems in human culture. The space-mind is notirrational. It is arational. The space-mind is not immoral. It isamoral. The space-mind does what “feels right”. It doesn’t haveany opinions.

The time-mind is nothing but opinions. The time-mind understandssequence. And so, it can understand the consequences of itsactions. It can know right from wrong. The time-mind choosesactions that are either rational or irrational—that are either moralor immoral. It can learn and understand the the differencebetween right and wrong.

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Logical or illogicalMoral or immoral

Space-mind Decision MakingSpace-mind Decision MakingRemember the animal mind is a space-mind. Animals move toward

pleasure and away from pain—toward good space—away from badspace. My cat comes running when he hears the automatic canopener. He jumps into my lap to get a good rub. He runs away whenhears the bark of a dog, or the slam of a door.

The space-mind has only one goal—survival. Once achieved, the space-mind is content. It has no need to become, no need for achievement,no need to accomplish anything more than survival. My house catonce he has obtained shelter and good food has no need to doanything more. He is willing to lie by the fire, day after day, yearafter year—totally content with his full belly and his mastersstroking hand. But if he encounters pain he gets away from it as fastas is possible. And few animals move as fast a “scalded cat”.

The space-mind’s purpose is to securesurvival for the body. When it’sdecisions produce high survival it feelspleasure. When its decisions producelow survival it feels pain. The space-mind tries to guide the organismtowards pleasure and away from pain.Very high survival is called ecstasy.Sexual orgasm feels very goodbecause reproduction of the organismis the most powerful form ofbiological survival. Very low survivalis called agony. Space-mind makes allits decisions by moving towardspleasure and away from pain. To be ornot to be is a question of survival. Ismy being pleasurable or painful.

Time-mind DecidingTime-mind Deciding

The time-mind works in totally different fashion. The time-mind isconcerned about becoming. To become somebody, I need tounderstand. And, if I understand something I know what itmeans. So understanding, allows me to develop meaning in mylife. Meaning and becoming are tied integrally to understanding.

Understanding leads us to predict what will happen and withaccurate prediction, I can control. We humans judge our lives byhow the events in our world compare to our predictions. So ifnothing is going the way I predict it should—If nothing is theway it ought to be, I feel depressed.

Depression & ExcitementDepression & Excitement

Disappointment and depression result when our lives are notworking as we predict they should. I predict a well deservedraise in my salary, but instead I get fired. I predict the pleasureand enjoyment of a brand new car, but I buy a lemon. I predictmy wife will throw me a surprise birthday party, but she doesn’teven remember my birthday.

When life does not occur as I predict it should, I am disappointed.When my experiences do not become what I expect they should,I am depressed. And, just the opposite, when things go the way Ipredict they should, I am satisfied and excited. I predicted Iwould win the award as an outstanding employee, and I won theaward. I predicted I should get a new car, and I did and its evennicer than I imagined. I wanted my spouse to celebrate mybirthday, and she threw me a marvelous party with all myfriends.

Now let us examining the spectrumof our prediction accuracy. Wecan have very low predictionaccuracy—very low meaning.Life can be depressing.

We can have low predictionaccuracy—low meaning. Lifecan be disappointing.

We can have high predictiveaccuracy—high meaning. Lifecan be satisfying.

We can have very high predictiveaccuracy—very high meaning.Life can be exciting. Things aregoing the way I predict theyshould be going. My life ismeaningful. I am becoming asuccess. I feel in control.

Happiness is when my life is both pleasurable and satisfying. I feeljoyous when my life is ecstatic and exciting. Sadness when my life isdisappointing and painful, or God help me, agonous and depressing.

Develop Calmness for SelfDevelop Calmness for Self

Practice Unconditional Respect for OtherPractice Unconditional Respect for Other

Be ready, able, and willing to changeBe ready, able, and willing to change

Live your life intelligently and wiselyLive your life intelligently and wisely

Live by RealityLive by Reality’’s Ruless Rules

Balance is the Key to ValidationBalance is the Key to Validation

Obtain meaningful survival by seeking pleasure and Obtain meaningful survival by seeking pleasure and satisfactionsatisfaction